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I use a cheap LED light from Walmart for my tank. It's not fancy, but it gets the job done.

I just moved my tank last week. Used a bunch of 5 gallon buckets from Home Depot. Cheap and sturdy. Just make sure to rinse 'em out first, no soap residue.

Thanks for the tips, everyone. Gonna try the baby brine shrimp and smaller water changes. Appreciate it!

Got a bunch of Corydora fry in my 20 gallon tank. What's the best way to keep 'em alive? Tank's got sand substrate, sponge filter, and a bunch of Java moss. Water params are good, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate. Fry are about a week old.

I just wanted to add a bit more - my parrot doesn't get aggressive during feeding time, no food aggression or anything like that. It's just random times throughout the day when he'll suddenly start chasing the barbs. There's no specific trigger that I've noticed, no particular time of day or ...

The barbs and platys get along just fine, they're not the issue. My parrot's the one that decides to chase the barbs every now and then, no real reason for it that I can see.

It's weird because he only goes after the barbs, leaves the platys alone. I know it's a blood parrot cichlid, don't need a picture to confirm that. He's still pretty small, about 2-3 inches, more like 2 inches. This all started out of nowhere about 2 weeks ago.

I recently set up my 40 gallon tank and it's been running smoothly with fish for about 4 months now. I've got a mix of fish in there - 4 platys (my girlfriend's idea), around 10 green tiger barbs, 3 Cory catfish, and 1 purple parrot cichlid.

The parrot and platys were added after the Corys and ...